User talk:Kyrosrom2

Web design - ART
It seems almost cliché these days to be nostalgic for technology from days past, but I must admit I am. My past is one shared by almost everyone with whom I consider a peer: early video games in elementary school, a Commodore 64 in junior high, and a Macintosh in college. I bring this up because there was a sensation I felt the first time I used a Mac in the dark basement lab at my alma matter. It was a feeling of being disconnected and empowered at the same time. I poked at the elegant icons with my mouse and dragged windows around the screen. “Oh I get it. You don’t write programs with this, you just use them!” I suddenly realized that most people would want to use a computer to simply get stuff done. Computers were tools. Very powerful ones, at that. So here we are, a decade later, facing an explodingly popular World Wide Web. It’s disconnection and empowerment all over again. From the initial pit in your stomach: “I can’t believe there’s so much here!” to the first realization of participation: “I can add to it!” The Web grabs us and draws us in. The Web is everywhere now. The Web has infused itself into our mainstream culture. URLs are becoming as ubiquitous as toll-free 800 numbers—showing up on billboards, matchbooks, and television sitcoms. Web design is a hobby. The Web is big business. The Web is a medium for personal expression, and a conduit for a commerce revolution.